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Bitty McLean
Bitty McLean | |
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Bitty MacLean at Ruhr Reggae Summer 2014 | |
| Birth name | Delroy Easton McLean |
| Born | (1972-08-08) 8 August 1972 (age 52) Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Reggae, lovers rock, ragga |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Brilliant Records, Kuff Records, Peckings Records, TAXI, TABOU1 |
| Website | www.taxitabou1.bandcamp.com |
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Delroy Easton "Bitty" McLean[1] (born 8 August 1972) is a British reggae, lovers' rock and ragga singer. He is best known for his three UK Top 10hits in 1993 and 1994, including his debut offering "It Keeps Rainin' (Tears from My Eyes)".
Career
The youngest of six children to Easton and Leonie (née Reynolds), Delroy McLean was nicknamed "Bitty" due to his small stature.[2] As a teenager he performed with local sound systems, and after studying sound engineering at college, he was employed by UB40 as an engineer and producer, and occasionally also sang with the band.[1]
He was most popular around the mid-1990s wi
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Born in 1972, Bitty’s earliest memories were punctuated by the music he would hear courtesy of his Father’s sound system, where at the tender age of ten he started singing over Jamaican Dub and Instrumental riddims.
In 1992, he not only co-produced but played, sang, and engineered UB40’s hugely successful album "Promises And Lies" selling in excess of 10 million copies.
In 1993, Bitty’s own first album, "Just To Let You Know", included the Top 10 singles
It Keeps Rainin’, Dedicated To The One I Love and Here I Stand, selling over
1 million records.
The subsequent years saw Bitty accrue an awesome catalog of Top 30 singles,
as well as play UK arena tours with UB40, Wet Wet Wet, and Simply Red..
In 2004, he recorded, produced, and released the superb "On Bond Street",
in which Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle instrumentals by the legendary Tommy McCook and The Supersonics formed the basis of the album. Bitty complemented these Ska and Rocksteady tracks with such elegance it is hard to believe he was no
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A much loved UK reggae talent with an astonishing voice and unnerving ability to pen a pop smash, the early 90s saw McLean launch himself into the high end of the British charts with a string of top ten hits. Born in 1972, the youngest of six children and so called because of his small stature at birth, Bittys earliest memories were punctuated with the music he would hear courtesy of his fathers sound system. Tutored by the greats from The Clovers, Nat King Cole, Jackie Edwards, John Holt, Johnny Clarke, Bob Marley, Burning Spear and Justin Hinds, it wasnt long before the young McLean was beginning to emulate his heroes by singing over Jamaican Dub and Instrumental riddim tracks accompanied by his brother. It would still be a couple of years before he graduated beyond the microphone and family stereo set-up. By the early 80s and inspired by the new dancehall sounds of Little John, Barrington Levy, Sugar Minnott, Black Uhuru and Michael Prophet, the teenage McLean soon began to gain notoriety performing on some of Bi
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